Disgraced Congressman Anthony Weiner is returning to politics and
seeking revenge on Nancy Pelosi for making him resign over sexting
scandal... and he plans to use Hillary Clinton to do it

It could be the most improbable political comeback since Abraham Lincoln won the White House after two losing Senate campaigns. But don't tell Anthony Weiner, the disgraced former Democratic congressman whose lewd sexting made him a national punchline in 2011.

In campaign finance reports filed Friday with the New York City Campaign Finance Board, Weiner reported spending $106,500 on political research and polling aimed at finding out how hot -- or cold -- New Yorkers feel toward the idea of 'Mayor Weiner.'

Weiner's name was included in polls this month testing the waters in the mayoral race, and in the contest for the job of city comptroller. The payments went to David Binder Research in San Francisco.

The New York Post reported Monday that Weiner blames his downfall on former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and quotes a source close to the New York politician as saying Weiner 'will get his revenge' when Hillary Clinton is president.

It was Pelosi who called on Weiner to resign despite the Democratic then-congressman articulating a plan to survive his tumble from respectability to disgrace.

'Bent on revenge': Disgraced Congressman Anthony Weiner is reportedly using his wife Huma Abedin to get back at his political enemies

Connected: Abedin is one of Hillary Clinton's top aides. Weiner reportedly believes his own power will be ascendant if Clinton is elected in 2016

Despite his colossal fall from grace,
the former House member still has $4.34 million in his city campaign war
chest from a failed mayoral run in 2005, making him a formidable
opponent in any race he might choose to enter.

Weiner was thought to be preparing for
the New York City mayoral race in 2011 when his political world came
crashing down. On June 6 of that year, he publicly confessed that he had
sent lurid photos of himself to a young female blackjack dealer who was
not his wife.

Gameplan: Weiner, seen here at a Brooklyn basketball game in November, is said to be considering a possible mayoral run

Weiner first claimed his Twitter
account had been hacked, and spent $13,000 of his political donors'
money to send private investigators on a wild-goose chase to prove it.

But at the three-ring-circus press event, a tearful Weiner conceded, 'The picture was of me, and I sent it.'

The late Andrew Breitbart, the
conservative muckraker and professional firebrand, mocked Weiner
relentlessly until the congressman confessed.

Taking the stage before Weiner arrived
at his own fateful June 2011 press conference, Breitbart blamed Weiner
and liberal journalists for a 'blame the messenger strategy' and claimed
he had at least one other photo that Weiner tweeted, showing the
congressman's naked genitals in their entirety.

That photo later made the rounds
online after Breitbart showed it off during a taping of the 'Opie & Anthony' radio show, unaware that the image on his iPhone was being captured by
in-studio cameras.

Ultimately, Weiner admitted having
'inappropriate' phone and email relationships that were 'explicit in
nature' with six different women during a three-year period, including
some while he was married.

He resigned ten days later.

In one much-discussed sexting
exchange, Weiner favorably compared a former cheerleading coach's
private parts to those of his wife Huma Abedin, a State Department
official who was among Hillary Clinton's most trusted aides. Abedin and
Weiner have a 1-year-old son.

Fall from grace: After many denials, Weiner held a press conference explaining that he was the one in the photos

Weiner's surprising leap into mayoral
polling may prove to be just a trial balloon, as his campaign finance
filing doesn't include other expenditures -- such as staff, mailing
costs and airtime purchases for advertising -- that a serious campaign
would report.

But other politicians seem to be welcoming him to the fray.

WCBS-TV2 in New York reported that
City Comptroller John Liu told radio station 1010 WINS that since
Weiner's funds were raised years ago as part of a mayoral contest, he
shouldn't run for comptroller.

But Liu said Weiner should consider running for mayor.

'Pushed out': The Post reports that Weiner believes House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi forced him to resign from Congress after the sexting scandal

'That's a lot of money to spend on polls,' he said. 'I think Anthony should be there. I think he should run. Just stop texting.'

And Breitbart, nearly nine months
before his shocking death, hinted that Weiner was prepared for the
grueling schedule that accompanies a run for the most powerful mayor's
job in the world.

'I've seen a lot of this Congressman's
body,' Breitbart said just minutes before Weiner confessed, and 'he's
in very good shape.'

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Disgraced Congressman Anthony Weiner is returning to politics and 'seeking revenge on Nancy Pelosi for making him resign over sexting scandal'